We want to see our lives dramatized on the screen as we are living it, the same as other people, the world over.

Your self image is so powerful it unwittingly becomes your destiny.

There is no barrier to success which diligence and perseverance cannot hurdle.

One of the greatest tasks of my life has been to teach the colored man he can be anything.

It is only by presenting those portions of the race in my pictures, in the light and backround of their true state, that we can raise our people to greater heights.

Every race man and woman should cast aside their skepticism regarding the Negro's ability as a motion picture star.

Honest, intelligent criticism is an aid to the progress of an effort.

What I like best is a good story with a moral.

Moving pictures have become one of the greatest revitalizing forces in race adjustment.

My long experience with all classes of humanity had made me somewhat of a student of human nature.

I have always tried...to lay before the colored race a cross section of it's own life, to view the colored heart from close range.

Send silent blessings to those that oppose you, so they may also find peace within themselves—and the strength and perseverance to embark on their life path.

Husbands love your wives even as Christ also loved the church and gave himself for it.

Imagination needs to be fed.

We are Bay Aryans from Berkeley: prepare to be reengineered in an attractive range of color schemes for your safety and comfort!

Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem.

Love is Fallen.... Like *FALLEN* ANGELS.

Happiness ain't a thing in itself - it's only a contrast with something that ain't pleasant.

But to practice leadership, you need to accept that you are in the business of generating chaos, confusion, and conflict

When we have "second thoughts" about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings.

I inhabit the wax image of myself, a doll's body. Sickness begins here; I am a dartboard for witches.